INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT

1) The Muslim League demanded a separate nation for the Muslim in India from the year Answer: 1940 2) the resolution to start the Quit India Movement was adopted by INC at its session held at Answer: Bombay 3) which school of religion started in 1867, was basically anti-British? Answer: Deoband 4) the first Indian Councils Act was passed in Answer: 1861 5) why were the Indians dissatisfied with the Simon Commission? Answer: There was no Indian member in the Commission. 6) By which law did the British Crown take over the power to rule over India from the East India Company? Answer: Magna Carta of Rights 7) Who founded the Indian National Social Congress in 1887 ? Answer: M.G. Ranade 8) Who was responsible for the introduction of English as the official language in India ? Answer: Sir Charles Wood 9) Mahatma Gandhi gave the call Do or Die during the Answer: Quit India Movement 10) According to Mountbatten Plan, which of the following provinces was not to be included in the Indian dominion? Answer: Sind 11) British merchants were willing to invest in railways and mines but not in cotton textiles industry. The reason was Answer: None of these 12) who introduced the system of Civil Services? Answer: William Bentick 13) Who was named as Mira Behn by Mahatma Gandhi ? Answer: Madeline Slade

14) who was known as the Liberator of the Press? Answer: Metcalfe 15) who initiated the introduction of education in English in India? Answer: Lord Macaulay 16) Which of the following institutions was not founded by Mahatma Gandhi ? Answer: Vishwa Bharati 17) Who commented that Cripps Mission was a post-dated cheque on a crashing bank ? Answer: Mahatma Gandhi 18) Which of the following upheavals took place in Bengal immediately after the Revolt of 1857? Answer: Indigo Disturbances 19) When was the first interim government formed during the British rule in India ? Answer: 17046 20) The major difference between the moderates and the extremists in the Congress session of 1907 was regarding Answer: Swaraj 21) Who after the Constitutional deadlock due to the Quit India Movement, gave the call - Back of Cripps ? Answer: C. Rajagopalachari 22) The Arya Samaj was founded by Swami Dayanand Saraswati in Answer: 1875 23) Cripps Mission aimed at Answer: Giving complete independence to united India. 24) Whom did Lord Wavell invite to make proposal for formation of an interim government? Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru 25) The author of Hind Swaraj was Answer: M.K. Gandhi 26) Who declared: The only hope for India is from the masses. The upper classes are physically and morally dead? Answer: Swami Vivekananda 27) who among the following characterised the Revolt of 1857 as a conspiracy? Answer: Sir John Kaye

28) Which of the following is not a provision of the Charter Act of 1853 ? (a) Governor General was given the power to veto the bills passed by the Legislative Council. (b) A provision was made for an open competitive examination for recruitment to Indian Civil Services. (c) None of these (d) Under third Act, a legislative Council for India was created. Answer: None of these 29) Lala Lajpat Rai did not write in Answer: English 30) One of the most important activities of Mahatma Gandhi was the abolition of untouchability. For this purpose he founded the All India Harijan Sangh in Answer: 1932 31) Dadabhai Naoroji declared Swarajya as the aim of the INC at the Calcutta session in Answer: 1906 32) Non-Cooperation Movement was passed in which session of Indian National Congress? Answer: Calcutta 33) King George V visited India during the viceroyalty of Answer: Lord Hardinge 34) The first Governor - General of Bengal was Answer: Warren Hastings 35) In whose regime during the British period was Samachar Darpan the first vernacular paper, published? Answer: Marquess of Hastings 36) who among the following was not associated with Home Rule Movement ? Answer: M.A. Jinnah 37) Who said the following of the Indian National Congress:A safety valve for the escape of great and growing forces generated by our own actions was urgently needed? Answer: A.O. Hume 38) The Revolt of 1857 affected Several town in Bihar. Which of the following entries gives the correct sequence of the outbreak of the revolt in different towns of Bihar? Answer: Rohini, Patna, Muzaffarpur, Jagdishpur

39) Who among the following was not one of the revolutionaries abroad who added a new dimension to our struggle for freedom? Answer: Chidambaran Pillai 40) be proud that you are an Indian, proudly claim I am an Indian, every Indian is my brother? Who had said these words? Answer: Vivekananda 41) what was the ultimate goal of Gandhi's Salt Satyagraha? Answer: Purna Swaraj for India 42) Shuddhi Movement was started by Answer: Arya Samaj 43) Who introduced the railways and telegraphs in India ? Answer: Lord Dalhousie 44) The Chauri-Chaura incident (during Non-Cooperation Movement) relates to Answer: The burning of a police post by a mob. 45) Who advocated the policy of abolishing princely states in free India? Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru 46) All the three Round Table Conferences were held in Answer: London 47) Which of the following Movements was started by the Indian National Congress during the course of the Second World War and formed a part of our freedom struggle ? Answer: Quit India 48) who among the following was the leader of a number of anti-British revolts in Sambalpur? Answer: Surendra Sai 49) The Cripps Mission visited India during the regime of Answer: Lord Linlithgow 50) The system of budget was introduced in India during the viceroyalty of Answer: Canning 51) The Quit India Movement started at Answer: Bombay on Aug 8, 1942 52) Who was the Governor-General when the Great Mutiny of 1857 broke out ? Answer: Lord Canning

53) Which one of the following was the most immediate factor for the spread of Swadeshi and boycott of foreign goods during the first decade of the present century ? Answer: Curzon's plan to curb the growing popularity of the Indian National Congress. 54) Indian National Congress split for the first time in its session at Answer: Surat 55) The first Indian to be elected to the leadership of Communist International was Answer: M.N. Roy 56) According to the Poona Pact signed in 1932, Answer: A joint electorate for the Scheduled castes with the Hindus was suggested. 57) Who among the following was a prominent officer of the Azad Hind Fauj ? Answer: Shah Nawaz Khan 58) Sharada Act deals with Answer: Child Marriage 59) who among the following was associated with the Home Rule Movement from Madras in 1922? Answer: T.Prakasham 60) The first fort which the British constructed in India was Answer: St. George Fort 61) Those who joined Mahatma Gandhi during the Champaran struggle included Answer: Vallabh bhai Patel and Vinobha Bhave 62) The Indian National Congress represented the views of the microscopic minority in India. This contention was maintained by Answer: Lord Dufferin 63) The first Indian university opened in 1857 was in Answer: Calcutta 64) Between which periods were the three Round Table Confrences held in London ? Answer: 1930-1932 65) The setting up of a Constituent Assembly of India was not acceptable to the Indian National Congress when it was proposed under the Answer: Cripps Plan

66) The Dual Government introduced by Robert Clive in Bengal was a failure because Answer: Power was divorced from responsibility. 67) Who among the following was responsible for the revival of Hinduism in the 19th century? Answer: Swami Vivekananda 68) what is not ahimsa according to Gandhiji? Answer: It is tolerating the wrong. 69) Who amongst the following Englishmen was fellow of Gandhiji in South Africa ? Answer: Polak 70) The Interim Government formed by INC in September 1946 was headed by Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru 71) In which of the sessions, Home Rule Leaguers were able at demonstrate their political strength? Answer: The Lucknow Session of Congress in 1916 72) The first Bengali political drama which presented the story of the brutality of English indigo planters was Answer: Neel Darpan 73) Who among the following was responsible for the revival of Hinduism in 19th century? Answer: Swami Dayanand 74) The main aim of forming the Indian National Congress in its initial stages was Answer: To secure the right of recruitment of Indians in the higher civil services under British administration 75) Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place in the city of Answer: Amritsar 76) On whose recommendations was the Constituent Assembly formed? Answer: Cabinet Mission Plan 77) Moderates and extremists of the Indian National Congress differed mainly on the issue of Answer: Swaraj 78) Who among the following were popularity known as Red Shirts ? Answer: Khudai Khidmatgars

79) The Indian Independence League was set up by Answer: Rash Behari Bose 80) Which of the following text contains the famous Gayatri Mantra, addressed to the solar deity Savitri? Answer: Rig Veda Samhita

81) Which of the following was not a feature of the later vedic society ? Answer: A monetary economy

82) Which of the following route was the stop-over of the Indo-European orAryans before entering India? Answer: Bacteria and the Northern Iranian plateau

83) Which one of the following statements regarding Purusa-sukata is incorrect ? Answer: It occurs in the seventh Mandala of Rigveda

84) The Society as known from the later Vedic texts is agricultural. This is known by (a) A large number of agricultural rituals mentioned in Atharvaveda and Brahmanas. (b) The Chandogya Upanishad emphasised importance of cereals. (c) 4-6-8-24 oxen being yoked to the plough suggest expansion of agriculture (d) All the above Answer (D) Direction: The following questions consists of two statements, one labelled a Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R). You have to examine these two statements carefully and decide if the assertion A and the Reason R and individually true and If so, whether the Reason is a correct explanation of the Assertion. Select your answer to these items using the codes given below. (a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation for A. (b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation for A. (c) A is true but R is false. (d) A is false but R is true. 85) Assertion (A): The Indo-Aryans come to India from somewhere in central Asia, possible from the region south of the Urais and east of the Caspian sea. Reason (R): They had been defeated by the Indo-European neighbours. Answer (C) 86) Assertion (A): Evidence for agriculture is much more limited in the early Vedic period. Reason (R): Land or grain do not figuers a objects of dispute and there are no prayers to

obtain land, nor are chiefs expected to protect it. Answer (A) 87) Assertion (A): The growth of Upanishadic philosophy has been viewed as a manifestation of the protest of the Kshatriyas against the excessive ritualism which was proving costly for the rajas. Reason(R): Wars in the later vedic period was fought for territory other than cattle. Answer (B) 88) The third Buddhist council in the reign Ashoka is mainly known for 1. Rise of Mahayanism. 2. Putting all the doctrines into writing 3. Making Buddhism known international 4. Gandhara school of art originated choose the correct code: Answer (D) 3 and 2 89) Mahayanist sutra, offering a discourse delivered By Buddha to Buddhiattavasis best known work and is the most popular in China and Japan. It is named as Answer (A) Saddharma Pundarika

90) Vagbhatalankara (12th century A. D.) is a popular Jain work which in the first commentary on Sanskrit poetics. The 260 verses are in anushtubh metre. The work has been composed by Answer: Vaghbhata

100) which of the following was not a feature of the espionage system established under the Mauryas? Answer: The government had secially designated official who carried out the task of spying

101) Ashoka maintained largely the bureaucratic system that he inherited. the administration was carried on by a large body of graded officials. Which of the following was not an innovation he made ? Answer: Establishment of Sarais.

102) Which of the following feature does not pertain to the principles of kingship as adopted in the Mauryan period ? Answer: Kingship in this Maruyan epoch claimed divine origin for itself. Hence the use of titles like Devanampiya.

103) what motive led Ashoka to the Kalinga War? Answer: Kalinga controlled all main routes to South India by land and sea, hence Ashoka found it to his advantage to include it in his empire.

104) The Archa (auspicious body of the lord) was the god himself in one of his aspects and was thus, the object of the greatest venenation'. This aspect of image worship was propounded by which sect? (a) Hinduism (b) Bhagavates or Panharatrins (c) Saivism (d) None of the above Answer (D) 105) In Vatsyayanas Kamasutra sixty four arts and crafts were mentioned. The Mahavatsu mentioned also more than a hundred occupations, mostly of artisans and merchants. What does all this evidence not suggest ? Answer: Rigidity of caste system

106) Mahmud of Ghazni targeted his attacks on temples and temple towns because Answer: They were vast depositories of wealth

107) who of the following received the Caliphs confirmation of the royal title and thus recognition of the independent status of the Sultanate of Delhi? Answer: Iltutmish 108) Alauddin Khilji became the Sultan of Delhi in 1296 after treacherously murdering his uncle Answer: Jalaluddin

109) Alauddin Khilji forbade his nobles to settle marriages between members of their families without his permission because Answer: He wanted to control rebellions

110) During the last twenty-five years of his reign, Aurangzeb was mainly involved in long-drawn wars against Answer: Marathas 111) Which of the following is not a step taken by Sher Shah Suri to promote trade and commerce in the country ? Answer: Opening a new highway between Delhi and Warangal

112) Which of the following was not one of the characteristics of a Sultan during this period? Answer: The ulema had a strict control over the policies of all Sultans 113) which of the following statements regarding the Arabs conquest of Sind is/are true? 1. In 644 A.D. an expedition under Abdullahbi-Amar was sent by Khalifa Osman to conquer Sind. 2. The denial of Dahr, the ruler of sind, for reparation on account of the looting of the presents by the pirates was used as the pretext for the Khalifa to invade Sind. 3. Muhammad-bin-Qasim succeeded in 712 A.D. in his conquest of Sind. 4. Muhammad-bin-Qasim defeated Jaising, the son of Dahir and captured the city of Brahmanabad. Answer: 2 and 3 114) How did the prevalence of various currencies in Bengal (namely the English, the Mughal and the Provincial) add to the worsening problems of merchants, peasants and tax-payers? Answer: The native currencies were accepted on batta or rebate 115) After 1858 the Drain of Wealth from India increased and Indias burden of British debt increased because (a) More remittances had to be made account of the British capital investment in India (b) The cost of maintaining British civil military administrative set up in India had increased (c) The Home charges had greatly increased (d) All the above Answer (D) 116) Which of the following statements correctly speaks of the aim of the Servants of India Society? Answer: It consisted of a group of men who were trained and equipped for some farm of service to the motherland

117) Which of the following was not one of the reasons why Emperor Bahadur Shah is regarded as the weakest link in the chain of leadership of the Revolt of 1857 ? Answer: He vacillated between the desire to rule and the apprehensions of British success

118) what was the objective behind the formation of the Indian National Congress? Answer: A platform for Indians to voice their grievances regarding the government.